Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-09-17
S1eeplesSness.

MEDICAL LECTURE IN AN ELEVATED CARA PHYsI-
CLAN DisCoURsEs ON INSOMNIA AND IT'S CAUSES, AND
GIVES SOME GOOD ADVICE.
From the New York Commercial Advertiser
Two men In An elevated car on their way down
town TO business. The man next to the reporter
turned TO his neighbor with the question:
''Did you sleep any last night?"
'sNo: did yOu?"
81 did, about three hours. When 1 woke up /
felt more tired than when lay down.
Yes, It's pretty hard this summer for people
VINO have to stay in the broillng city. But from
all hear. the folks in the country are not doing
much better. My wifes letters are full OF mosuui.
toes and SleepleSsness."
gentlemen" broke in man with gold rirnmed
Speetaeies who looked the physicia every inch OF
him. and around the corners OF whose bearded
inoatn humorous smile had been fitting during
the dialogue, 'this talk OF seeplessness proves
how seldom people viii take medical mans adj
vice. or even ask Tor it.. It's so simple to induce
sleep, with very little trouble, that every man of
intelligence can obtain 1t, unless he be very Sick
man indeed"
:.wel, sir" rejcined the last speaker, s1f You
remedy"
"As 10 mosquitoes my advice is: Kill. them be-
lore you go TO bed Sleep where there Is q current
Oi an, ana nave mosquito netting around the
PEG, Dut leave yourself plenty OF breathing space
IL suffering much from the heat, take cooling
path before retiring. l find, however, that this
TAX Oh seepleoSheSS comes, in nine cases out Of
Ten, from persons OF an unduly nervous tempera-
ment. They ndget about and imagine beforehand
eiICs VIII uOt steep, instead or CON-
posing their minds to properly receive the sOOth-
Ing influence. III given at all to sleepleSsness do
hos smoke In the evening and do not excite your
SELL Lie down with the firm resolution TO
sleep, and sleep will come quite naturally,
provided the body requires It. There's the
ruD. great many people think there is a
casCHoh RUE as TO the number Of hours they
ought TO sleep. That's all wrong. Never try 10
sleep unless You feel tired and notice that your
system WantS1t. -Four hours of Sleep under GER
tain conditions, are more beneficial to man than
the prOverblsl nine hours. I've had many cases
In ily practice which have shown me the folly of
expecting so many hours OF sleep night In and
night out. It's the same with sleep as with food
The appetite varies; aud so does The desire Tor
sleep. Nature knows her business best and when
bian cannot sleep he very often Ought not to
sleep A lew weeks ago a weii-knowf business
man came TO me and wanted opiares to give him
back his usual dose OF Sleep / satisfied myself
pretty soon that II would be doing harm TO comply
with his request There was nolning troubling his
mind, and his health was good. He simply had
the notion that he didn't get sleep enough and
had begun TO worry about 1t. gave him q few
simple tutes 10 observe, and he soon mad once
more all The sleep that was good for him without
using any poisonous narcotics Judging from my
experience. the need Oh Sleep is very different In
inherent persons, even among those OF like habits
ana equaily good health. j know very active
business man, patient Of NINE who requires but
SIX hours sleep While another one needs ALL OF
eleven hours out OF the twenty-fourp
"City hall and Brooklyn bridgew shouted the
guard, and everybody scrambled for the door
while the audience inurmured: "Nuch Obliged
for the lecture. DOCTOR"